# Top ten laughably bad tech ads - Host: [cnet.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/cnet.com/) - Saved: September 20, 2007 (2007-09-20T16:48:21Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/f808fabbbe58/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/f808fabbbe58.json ## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words) The tech industry has a rich and hilarious history of being unable to promote itself as anything other than unutterably dorky. Originally we were going to call this 'The top ten worst tech ads', but as we hunted around we discovered these are pure gold. T ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Same host - [Plants that Twitter when they need to be watered](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/e53ccbb8427c/) (cnet.com, February 25, 2008) - [Favorit fixes some of Google Reader's shortcomings, adds own](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/b6283d24c07a/) (cnet.com, February 27, 2008) - [Richard Dreyfuss reads the iTunes EULA](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/aa3531973fef/) (cnet.com, June 10, 2011) - [This Internet provider pledges to put your privacy first. Always.](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/eb13ec879ee2/) (cnet.com, April 11, 2012) - [CISPA vote means companies can't promise to protect privacy](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/16afc3660b25/) (cnet.com, April 18, 2013) ## Saved the same week - [SEO Job Interview: Ten Tips For Corporate Search Engine Optimization Jobs Search](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/6171102af7fa/) (selfseo.com, September 20, 2007) - [The Evolution of Green Data Centres: a practical guide](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/c0546478349d/) (datacentres.com, September 21, 2007) - [Apcupsd, a daemon for controlling APC UPSes](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/ff165a2a563f/) (apcupsd.com, September 21, 2007) - [Quicksilver: Universal Access and Action](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/4e309f5bb665/) (youtube.com, September 21, 2007) - [Ambrosia Software, Inc. -- utilities/itoner](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/30c65dd0aa6c/) (ambrosiasw.com, September 21, 2007) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.cnet.com/uk/news/top-ten-laughably-bad-tech-ads/